Comparison

Dulaglutide vs PEG-MGF

Function

While Dulaglutide is a once-weekly GLP-1RA for type 2 diabetes that lowers HbA1c and body weight by enhancing glucose-dependent insulin secretion and reducing appetite6668, PEG-MGF is used experimentally to enhance muscle repair and hypertrophy after mechanical overload or injury by stimulating satellite-cell activation and protein synthesis6373138.

Mechanism

While Dulaglutide works as a recombinant fusion protein consisting of two disulfide-linked GLP-1(7–37) analogs each covalently fused via a linker to an IgG4 Fc fragment, yielding a large, long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist protected from DPP-4 degradation66, PEG-MGF is a poly(ethylene glycol)-conjugated form of Mechano Growth Factor (IGF-1Ec splice variant) comprising the 24-aa C-terminal E-peptide of IGF-1, designed to extend half-life while activating IGF-1 receptor–mediated anabolic signaling in muscle satellite cells637322138.

Length and Sequence

Dulaglutide is amino acids long, whereas PEG-MGF is longer as it has a length of 24 amino acids. Dulaglutide is made up of a sequence of sequence data not available in the current dataset. PEG-MGF is made up of a sequence of Tyrosine, Glutamine, Proline, Proline, Serine, Threonine, Asparagine, Lysine, Asparagine, Threonine, Lysine, Serine, Glutamine, Arginine, Arginine, Lysine, Glycine, Serine, Threonine, Phenylalanine, Glutamic acid, Glutamic acid, Arginine, Lysine.

Receptor

Dulaglutide

GLP-1 receptor (GLP1R) 6680

PEG-MGF

Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R), the canonical receptor for IGF-1 peptides22133134139

Organism or Origin

Dulaglutide

Engineered human GLP-1 analog–IgG4 Fc fusion protein produced in mammalian cell culture66

PEG-MGF

Synthetic PEGylated analog of human MGF (IGF-1Ec isoform) 2273138

Gene

Dulaglutide

GCG

PEG-MGF

IGF1

Sources

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68Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues: An overview - PMC, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3712370/
80GLP-1 Localisation and Proglucagon Gene Expression in ..., https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6200298/
22Mechano growth factor - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechano_growth_factor
63Sourcing, https://exploring-peptides.com/peptide-wikipedia/pegmgf/
73PEG-MGF, https://peptidestandard.com/peg-mgf-research/
133IGF1R - Abcam, https://www.abcam.com/en-us/targets/igf1r/24611
134Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin-like_growth_factor_1_receptor
138A Splice Variant of IGF-1 within the Growth Plate | PLOS One, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0076133
139IGF1 receptor signaling pathways, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29535161/